Miss Heir wasn't very kind to me.

Chapter 52 19. "Who"

"Wait! What are you—"

Masumi was bewildered by her sudden action.

"Keep your voice down, Masumi-kun. You'll be discovered if you're so loud."

Mami put her finger to her lips and shushed him loudly, while her other hand had at some point grabbed the hood of Hanekawa Kaizuki's sweatshirt and pulled the girl over with her like she was grabbing the scruff of a wild cat's neck.

"Woo..."

Hanekawa Kaizuki blinked expressionlessly as she was dragged behind the shelf.

"Why are you being so sneaky?"

Masumi was puzzled. Facing Mami's oppressive gaze, he subconsciously lowered his voice and said, "Since you saw him, just go up and say hello..."

The words stopped abruptly before reaching the tip of his tongue, and Masumi swallowed the second half of the sentence.

He then discovered that the distant future was not a person.

Walking next to Jiuyuan Weilai was a short-haired boy of medium height and thin build. He had fair skin and a handsome profile that was revealed through the gap in his black hair. His hair was long enough to just cover the back of his neck, and he was carrying a rectangular black gig bag on his back.

He is a handsome young man with delicate appearance.

Masumi and Asami stared at the two men's backs at the same time. After they disappeared at the staircase leading to the first floor, Asami slowly breathed a sigh of relief and returned to her normal voice, saying to Masumi:

"Masumi-kun, this is definitely a date."

"High school couple dating."

"Maybe."

Masumi usually doesn't jump to conclusions before understanding the specific situation.

"That's definitely it!" Mami exclaimed. "Mirai told us she was going to the library to study, but she turned out to be on a date with a boy!"

"It just doesn't feel good."

"What's wrong with that?" Masumi said nonchalantly, "Kuon is already 17, isn't it normal for him to be in a relationship?"

He thought of the third-prize karuta which read, "My first love in the spring boudoir, I hope to keep it secret from others."

Therefore, it is normal to find excuses to hide it and not tell others.

"The problem is that boy." Mami sighed. "That boy has a gig bag on his back. He must be in a band, right?"

"That gig bag is a weird shape, could it be a bassist? They say girls should stay away from the 3Bs when dating: bassists, hairdressers, and bartenders."

It turns out it was a prejudice against band members.

Masumi thought about it and felt that it couldn't be called prejudice.

"Don't jump to conclusions. Maybe they're not a couple."

He squinted his eyes and thought carefully before saying, "I think Jiuyuan should be playing the guitar."

Masumi recalled the last time at the convenience store, when she observed Kuon Mirai's hands: her right hand had long, neatly trimmed nails, while her left hand's nails were clipped bare.

This usually happens to people who play the guitar. The nails on the left hand fingers need to be trimmed because they press the strings, while the nails on the right hand fingers need to be left open because they pluck the strings, except for left-handed people.

"Yeah, I know that." Asami nodded lightly.

"Ok?"

Masumi was a little surprised.

"After all, she and I have lived under the same roof for a year. Although she has never played the Starry Sky, if Masumi-kun can notice it, how could I, who is so smart, not notice it?"

Mami smiled with her white teeth, put one hand on her hip, and puffed out her chest proudly.

"Also, Xiao Weilai has been coming home very late every day lately. I guess she's probably practicing at school."

"Since you know everything, that boy should be a member of the light music club."

"No, no! It's still suspicious. There must be more than one person in the light music club, right? How could there be only two people traveling together?"

"Besides, isn't the light music club supposed to be a girls-only club? Why are boys joining in, Kitahara-kun?"

Pause for a moment. Apologize to all the boys in the national light music club. Right now.

"That's not the case. I was in the light music club in high school." "That's not important at all." Asami said perfunctorily. Masumi felt ignored and stammered to say something, but suddenly Asami grabbed his wrist tightly: "Okay, Masumi-kun, let's catch up!"

"What are you chasing?"

"Of course it's those two people. If we don't leave now, we'll lose them."

"I haven't bought any guitar care products yet."

"I'll come with you next time, let's go!"

Without saying anything, Asami dragged Masumi and the silent Hanekawa Kaizuki out of the music store.

When I arrived at the street, the clouds that had been hanging over Motomachi had drifted away, and the sunset was burning in the sky above my head.

Masumi glanced at the street. On a weekend afternoon, Motomachi Shopping Street was like a street in the deep sea. People enjoying their holidays were like migratory fish, flowing along the street in an endless stream.

The three of them followed the flow of the crowd and floated in the sea of ​​people. However, with so many people around, it was not easy to find Jiuyuan and her companions.

"Give up! If you've delayed for so long, the two of them would have left long ago."

Masumi sighed and took a step forward, preparing to walk back to the piano store he had just visited, when his cheek was suddenly poked hard by an outstretched finger. He glanced over and saw Asami narrowing her eyes in dissatisfaction.

"Masumi-kun, it's too early to give up now."

"Even though there were a lot of people, the gig bag that boy was carrying was still very conspicuous."

Masumi thought about it and felt that it made sense. He sighed and nodded, saying, "Okay, let's try again."

The two men then dragged Hanekawa Kaizuki, who was staggering and almost falling asleep, and searched the streets for the mountains and the sea. As a city built between mountains and the sea, Kobe citizens divide Kobe into the "mountain side" and the "sea side" based on its location on the mountains and facing the sea.

A rectangular gig bag...it should contain an electric guitar with a special shape.

Masumi guessed.

In addition to the common LP body that is round like a gourd, the shapes of electric guitars are quite varied. For example, in many popular elements, there are fork-shaped electric guitars played by rock musicians.

"found it!"

Asami's shouts echoed through the air.

"That boy is there...Ah! They're separated!"

Following Asami's finger, Masumi followed her gaze.

The shopping street was bustling with people. "Over there! In front of the crepe shop!" Asami said.

Carrying a rectangular gig bag, the boy lowered his head, took out a coin purse from his pocket, and was about to buy crepes.

"Come on, Masumi-kun."

"What?" Masumi said helplessly, "We don't know him, it would be too abrupt to just go there."

"Try to hint at his relationship with Xiao Weilai, using your identity as a senior band member."

"Do you think what you said sounds reliable?"

"If you don't go up soon, Mirai will be back." Asami urged.

Suddenly, the voice of a girl that they were familiar with rang in their ears.

"Ms. Mami? Mr. Masumi? And... Ms. Hanekawa."

"What a coincidence, why are you here too?"

The one who spoke in a surprised tone was the one walking towards this side with two cups of pearl milk tea in his hands.

"Ah, I was discovered."

Asami scratched her ear guiltily, her eyes wandering towards Masumi.

The latter sighed softly and raised his head.

Masumi looked up at the sunset in the sky and found that it gave people a comfortable feeling of fatigue that he never got tired of looking at.

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